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What’s in my Wardrobe

07:48PM | April 18, 2013 | 5 comments

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This is my studio wardrobe, not exactly glamorous but it does the job, the majority of my clothes are stored in my bedroom wardrobe. This is an ever evolving space where I keep my high rotation accessories, latest PR garments and new clothes I’ve yet to share in an outfit post. Being able to see [...]

Room to Write

02:56PM | February 6, 2013 | 14 comments

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Space at my house is at a premium. Each square inch has to be functional or at the very least clutter free. When Stephanie came to live with us for a few months my studio was turned into a guest room and a dumping ground. After she left I reclaimed it as my studio but [...]

Home Stylin

03:15PM | January 3, 2013 | 7 comments

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Yesterday I told you about my new fancy pants mirror… well after several hours of Aidan “helping” me put the drawers together there it is, the finished product. I’m over the moon. You can imagine me smuggly strutting about the house, proud of my flat pack constructing skills. Totally by surprise both the mirror and [...]

Mirror Mirror

10:17AM | January 2, 2013 | 9 comments

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I went to Aldi this morning to buy a chest for drawers for the dining room, flat pack furniture to house Aidan’s craft supplies which have somehow outgrown the plastic drawers they’re currently in. With pre-school just around the corner and more craft activities and inspiration on the horizon I wanted to have the space [...]

Purge and Redecorate

01:40PM | December 18, 2012 | 7 comments

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It always happens at this time of year. Things start to calm down on the work front and I become a touch more domesticated. Some days I wish I worked in an office, I’m sure I’d appreciate our home more if I did. When you’re in it all day everyday working, cleaning, playing and loving [...]

My Portrait Couture Gallery

05:00PM | August 24, 2012 | 8 comments

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As I explained earlier this week, the photoshoot experience with GM Photographics was pretty awesome. Everyday that went past waiting for the finished images to arrive was torture but they were worth the wait. The session and prints were a gift for me to review so I was so excited to see how they’d turn [...]

Room for Living

06:00AM | August 4, 2012 | 4 comments

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So after yesterday’s post I was feeling pretty slack. Really, there was no excuse for me to use use those grainy instagram photos to show you the living room in it’s newfound state. So Aidan and I got to work snapping photos of our new space. The pink couch looks so good there bathed in [...]

Do the Shuffle

12:00PM | August 3, 2012 | 8 comments

Yesterday was busy with playdates, a trip to the fruit shop and lots of work. When Steve came home I took a few business calls, set about making dinner and planned on a relaxing night in front of the laptop. Steve, unfortunately, had other ideas. After dinner, at 7pm he said “How would you feel [...]

Inside My Studio

12:12AM | February 21, 2012 | 27 comments

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It’s been a long time since I last posted about my studio, so much has changed in that time so I thought I’d give you all a bit of an update. The studio is right next the the lounge room, across from the kitchen and far away enough from the bedrooms that I won’t disturb [...]

Aidan’s Play Space

04:52PM | January 30, 2012 | 23 comments

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Aidan and I play all day long but there is one particular part of the day that gets us both pretty excited. After watching his favourite show on ABC2 “Mr Maker” (think along the lines of “Art Attack”) we try and recreate whatever he did that day. If I don’t have the supplies we still [...]

Aidan’s Big Boy Room

06:58PM | January 28, 2012 | 27 comments

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I made a promise a few weeks back to show you Aidan’s room and finally everything has come together (including the weather) so I could take some photos. Below is a few photos and a bit of a tour, if I haven’t covered something please feel free to ask any questions in the comments section. [...]

Busy Bathroom

04:11PM | January 21, 2012 | 16 comments

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This is NOT a sponsored post. I wasn’t sent anything and no-one knows I’m writing about this. Tackling my bathroom has been on my mind a lot lately and I wanted to share what’s been going on. I link to products I bought and use because I think you might like them too. – Dani [...]

Wipe on, Wipe off

01:00AM | May 31, 2011 | 8 comments

This post is sponsored by Nuffnang and VIVA {image} I’m finding it difficult to keep on top of things at home at the moment, (including my husband) I have so many balls in the air, I just can’t seem to juggle them properly as far as everyone else is concerned. I might be a touch [...]

Couch Shopping with a Toddler

09:20AM | January 5, 2011 | 5 comments

Yesterday Steve and I bundled Aidan into the car and headed off to King Furniture at their Castle Hill showroom. By the time we got there we only had half an hour to potter around and plonk out butts on everything. Aidan was a terror and it surprised me, he’s usually really good while we’re [...]

Baby No More

05:00AM | January 4, 2011 | 10 comments

I wanted to take you on a little tour of Aidan’s room today, just a brief run through of the little changes we’ve made to his space. The first thing you notice is the safety gate, completely necessary now that Aidan’s moved to the toddler bed. Every time his room evolves I give myself a [...]

Reinvigorate, Revamp

09:52AM | December 10, 2010 | 3 comments

I’m feeling stifled by my studio, does that ever happen to you? If your workspace doesn’t reflect your style, the creative juices just don’t flow and the clutter (ahem, I mean “storage”) starts to build up and it just becomes to distracting to work/create there… well that’s where my studio is at at the moment. [...]

Aidan’s Room

06:00AM | September 20, 2010 | 10 comments

I thought I might share how Aidan’s room has changed as he’s grown older. I can hardly call it a nursery now, he’s just too big and boisterous. This lovely piece of cross stitch that my mum made hangs on his door, it’s terribly sweet. This is the view of his room from the door. [...]

Rearranged Living Room

10:15PM | September 7, 2010 | 7 comments

BEFORE On Fathers Day I had a lovely, simple, relaxed day planned. My mother who is staying with us at the moment, had other ideas… she cleaned. Soon the whole day was behind us, every surface was wiped and every cushion plumped. At one point Steve was on his hands and knees polishing the floorboards… [...]

Mess be gone!

01:27PM | August 10, 2010 | 2 comments

This is where we begin my friends… the doorway into hell. Since I bought my laptop I’ve been spending most of my time (including right now) sitting at the dining room table. I’m surrounded by big pretty windows and Aidan has lots of space to romp around… my studio has become neglected. See that big [...]

New Rug

01:58PM | December 18, 2009 | 5 comments

BEFORE AFTER We put the second couch in storage and replaced it with my awesome Glider & Ottoman. That move alone opened up the space so much and breastfeeding is so much more comfortable now. We also received our new rug and it’s perfect and totally brightens the room. We cleaned the navy rug and [...]

Frame it

08:55PM | November 25, 2009 | 4 comments

As I mentioned in an earlier post I’m in the middle of a lounge room make over. Nothing really drastic, it’s actually more of an update than an overhaul. The point is I’m having fun and Steve’s enjoying the results with minimal impact on the purse strings. One thing I wanted to change was the [...]

Rockin Revamp

09:33PM | November 11, 2009 | 3 comments

A couple of weeks ago I shared my breastfeeding area with you and as time goes on the soft squishy couch is taking it’s toll on my back so I’ve decided to change things around. I’ve been patiently searching for the right chair to replace the 2-seater in the lounge room. I wanted an armchair [...]

Master Bedroom… Finally.

04:33PM | August 13, 2009 | 8 comments

Completely by accident I found the most perfect quilt cover, the one from my dreams and it was on sale. It’s a lovely soft 400 thread count Egyptian Cotton, duck egg blue quilt cover with 2 tailored pillowcases. After just one wash it felt like we’d been using it for years, so so soft. It [...]

All the Pretty Flowers

05:09PM | August 11, 2009 | 1 comment

Spring is in the air… or available by the cartload at your local nursery. I went to Bunnings on Monday to cure an evil that has been haunting me for weeks. The ‘nesting’ has spread people. Not only am I completely neurotic about cleanliness IN the home, it turns out I’m partial to the outdoor [...]

Orange you glad I LOVE you

02:18PM | July 31, 2009 | 1 comment

I’ve had one of those pesky “nesting” days today. The laundry is transformed, the bathroom spotless and the studio is perfection. All it cost is some back pain, a tomato sandwich and half a litre of red cordial lol. I’ve had a project lingering at the bottom of my to-do list for awhile and I [...]

Moments of Solitude

12:29PM | July 23, 2009 | 7 comments

I think the best Christmas present I’ve bought myself to date is my annual subscription to Real Living magazine. I’m only missing 4 issues in the whole 4 years it’s been going to print. What I love is that it comes to me, out of the blue and perks me right up. Steve knows whenever [...]